Vanity case



March 22, 1932. w. A. DION 1,850,228

VANITY CASE Filed 7 Aug. '7, 1950 day- INVENTOR Q, m- +M ATTORNEYPatented Mar. 22, 1932 U N T D S AT PATENT OFFICE;

WILLIAM ALEXANDER1DION,OF PLAINVILLE, MAssAc'HUsnTTs, 'ASSIGNOR To nvimscAsnQo PANY; or, Non'rnA'r'rLn oRo, MASSACHUSETTS, A, CORPORATION onMASSACHUSETTS VANITY. oAsE Application filed August 7, 1930. Serial No.473537.

This invention relatesto receptacles, but

more particularly to vanity cases or the like.

' One of the objects of the inventionis to provide an article of thischaracter which is simple in construction and economical toproduce.Another objectis to facilitate the 2S.-'

sembly of thecase.

- Other objects will be in part obvious and in part pointed outhereinafter;

The invention accordingly consists in the features of construction,combinations of elements, and arrangements of parts as will beexemplified in the structure to be hereinafter described and the scopeof the application of which will be indicated in the following claims.

In the accompanying drawings, in which are shown the features of aselected embodiment of the invention i i 1 is a plan View of the case inopen position;

Fin. 2 is an enlar ed transverse section sub stantially on the line 22of Fig. 1, the parts being in closed position, and

Fig. 3 is a detail plan view of one section of the case as shown inFig.1.

Referring to the drawings, the vanity case as shown comprise-s sectionsand11 hingedly connected in any suitable manner as at 12 and providedwith interacting latch members 13 and 14 to temporarily retain thesections in closed position. These sections 10 and 11 may be of anysuitable size or shape and the form and arrangement of the variouselements or fittings therein may naturally be considerably varied. Thesection 11 is provided with a recess or well 15 to receive andcontainpowder or other cosmetic material 16 and a powder put]? 17 e Thesection 1O contains a. mirror 18-provided with a hole 19 extendingtherethrough.

This mirror 18, which so far as certain aspects of the invention areconcerned may be consldered as representative of a fitment general- 1y,is of the polished metal type and is provided about the margin of thehole 19 with a plurality of depending lugs as 21 which act to form asocket orholder into which may be placed a rouge compact as or otherarticle. The mirror 18 has its margin supported by a shou1der22 inthesection 10 and it is retained in positionthereon by interengagingelements as 23 and 24 constituting a snap-fastener respectively attachedto the section lOand the Humor 18 in any suitable manner or formedthereon. In the construction-shown the ele-' ment 23 comprisesa-plurality of resilientand converging arms 23awhich are adapted toengage and yielding-1y interlock withthe ele" ment 24: in the form of alug or projecting knob.

Preferably the lmob 24 is integrally formed with a sheet metal part 24aby which it may readilybe soldered to part 18; also the base part23b ofmember 23 may be quickly and inexpensively solderedto the bottom ofsection 10. In the assembly of the various :parts the mirror with thecompact holder 21 is properly aligned with the side walls of thesection, such action substantially aligning the lug 24 with the openingabout which extend the arms of the device 23. It is'then depressedsufiicientlyto cause the arms of the element '23 to be forced apart andto spring into interlocking engagement with the lug 24 It will be notedthat. the snap fastener 231'24is self-aligning; in the sense that noyieldingly against the shoulder 22. This form of attachment verymaterially simpli-.

fiesthe construction of the article and facilitates the assembly of thevarious elements,

thus reducing the cost of production. For example, in the mounting of amirror as" shown, it eliminates the necessity for inter fitting flanges,or other means upon the parts which usually required a high degree ofprecision and careful inte-rfittingto properly hold the parts inplace.Also it eliminates the necessityufor a close fit between the mar gins ofthe caseand the part carried by the case; Furthermore, this formofattaehment ofthe mirror or other parts or fittings enables the same tobe readily removed When necessary or advisible for any purpose.

It will be seen that there is provided a construction of an essentiallypractical nature in which the several objects of this invention areattained.

As many possible embodiments may be made of the above invention withoutdeparting from the scope thereof, it is to be understood that all matterherein set forth or shown in the accompanying drawings is to beinterpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

I claim: 1

1. In a device of the class described, a casing element, a fitment forsaid casing element,

and a self-alignin snap-fastener the cooperating elements oi which aresecured tothe taces of said fitment and said casing respectively wherebyto permit rapid assemblage of the casing element and the fitment.

2. In a device of the class described, a casing element, a fitment forsaid casing element, a socket in said fitment adapted to hold I aportion or" it spaced a definite distance from said casing element, andfastening means constituting an element secured to the under side ofsaid fitment and a cooperating element secured to said casing elementsecuring said parts together at one point and permitting rapidassemblage.

3. In a device of the class described, a cas ing member having amarginal shoulder, a fitment adapted to rest on said shoulder, and meansspaced from said shoulder having a pair of cooperating elements one ofwhich is attached to a face of said casing and the other of which isattached to a face of said fitment to detachably secure said casing andsaid fitment together.

4. In a device of the class described, a casing member of irregularshape, a flange on said casing member, a fitment adapted to fit withinsaid flange being prevented from I relative motion with respect to saidcasing by said flange, and a single detachable means connecting saidcasing and said fitment being spaced from said flange and constituting apair of interlocking elements.

5. In a vanity case, a casing comprising a pair of coacting sectionshingedly connected, latch means for retaining the sections inclosed'position, a mirror fitting within one of'said sections, and aself-aligning snap-fastener one of the parts of which is attached tosaid mirror and the other of the parts of which is attached to one ofsaid section to connect said mirror thereto.

6. In a vanity case, a casing comprising a section constituting thecooperating parts of a self-aligning snap-fastener to yieldingly retainsaid partition in place therein.

7 A vanity case comprising a pair of coacting sections, a-hinge pinconnecting said sections, a latch for temporarily retaining saidsections in closed position, a cosmetic holder Within one of saidsections, and a selfaligning snap-fastener to yieldingly retain saidholder therein.

8. A vanity case comprising a pair of relatively movable sections, meansfor temporarily retaining said case in closed position, a

fitting element adapted to be placed within one of said sections, andmembers connected to the inside of the section wall and the opposingface of the fitting element constituting the cooperating partsoi'aself-aligning snapfastener and adapted to yieldingly interlock to retainsaid element in position therein.

9. vanity case comprising a pair of hingedly connected sections, latchmeans for temporarily retaining said sections in closed position, acosmetic holding well in one or" said sections, a mirror in the othersection having a hole therein to admit a cosmetic compact, dependinglugs formed on said mirror about the margin of said hole to form asocket to hold said compact, and interlocking members on said mirror andthe opposing wall of the section in which it is placed acting to re tainsaid mirror in said section, one of said members being resilient and themembers being brought into interlocking engagement by pressing onemember against the other.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my

